José María Minella

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José María Minella
Personal information
Date of birth	1909
Place of birth	Mar del Plata, Argentina
Date of death	August 13, 1981 (Aged 72)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth clubs
	Independiente Mar del Plata
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1928-1934 1935-1942 1942-1943 1944	Gimnasia La Plata River Plate Peñarol Green Cross
National team
1933-1941	Argentina	24 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

José María Minella (born in 1909 in Mar del Plata) is a former Argentine footballer and manager. He played for and managed the Argentina national team.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Managerial career 4 Legacy 5 Titles 5.1 As a player 5.2 As a manager 6 Club titles 7 External links

[edit] Club career

Minella started playing at local club Independiente de Mar del Plata. In 1928 he was signed by Gimnasia La Plata who won the Argentine championship in 1929. In 1933 he played in the team nicknamed El Expreso (The express) that nearly won the championship, the first of many such disappointments for Gimnasia.

In 1935 he moved to River Plate where he was part of three championship winning teams in 1936, 1937 and 1941.

Towards the end of his playing career he played in Uruguay with Peñarol and in Chile with Green Cross.

[edit] International career

Minella made his international debut in 1933, he played three times in the Copa América, in 1935, 1937 and 1941. Argentina won the 1937 and 1941 editions. He played a total of 24 games for his country netting one goal.

[edit] Managerial career

Minella took over as manager of River Plate in 1947, he led the team through the most successful era in their history. Between 1952 and 1957 they won five championships in six years, including a the first hat-trick of championships in the professional era (1955, 1956 & 1957).

Minella has a spell as manager of the Argentina national team between 1964 and 1965, he returned as caretaker manager for one game in 1968.

[edit] Legacy

In preparation for the 1978 FIFA World Cup a football stadium was built in Mar del Plata and named Estadio José María Minella in honour of Mar del Plata's most significant footballing talent.

[edit] Titles

[edit] As a player

Club Titles

Season	Team	Title
1929	Gimnasia La Plata	Argentine championship
1936	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1937	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1941	River Plate	Primera División Argentina

International titles

Season	Team	Title
1937	Argentina	Copa América
1941	Argentina	Copa América

[edit] As a manager

[edit] Club titles

Season	Team	Title
1952	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1953	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1955	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1956	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1957	River Plate	Primera División Argentina

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Sporting Heroes of Mar del Plata

v • d • e Argentina national football team – Managers Vázquez (1924–25) • Lago Millán (1927–28) • Olazar (caretaker) (1928–29) • Tramutola (1929–30) • Pascucci (1934) • Seoane (1934–37) • Fernández Roca (1937–39) • Stábile (1939–58) • Spinetto (1959) • Moreno (1959) • Stábile (1960) • Spinetto (1960–61) • D'Amico (1961) • Lorenzo (1962) • Rossi (1962) • Lopes (1962) • Torres (1963) • D'Amico (1963) • Minella (1964–65) • Zubeldía (1965) • Lorenzo (1966) • Lopes (1967) • Faraone (1967) • Cesarini (1967–68) • Minella (1968) • Maschio (1969) • Pedernera (1969) • Pizzuti (1970–72) • Sívori (1972–73) • Ignomiriello (1973) • Cap (1974) • Menotti (1974–83) • Bilardo (1983–90) • Basile (1991–94) • Passarella (1994–98) • Bielsa (1998–2004) • Pekerman (2004-06) • Basile (2006–)